Best DVD burning options

For years I have been creating DVD's on DVD Pro, Building it, putting the Video_ts and Audio in a folder, and then creating a burn folder. I archive all of the stuff for the school that I make and sell like that. However, in using that method, my mac would never read the DVD's that I would burn, and I'd have students bring back the DVD's because some wouldn't work. Not a lot, but some.
Today, a friend showed me a disc that he burned out of DVD studio pro, and it read on my computer. The DVD's that I burned through DVD studio pro did as well.
What's the best way to burn AND archive DVD's in you guys' opinion? I don't have Toast (to my knowledge), and I'm starting to think that burning DVD's for sale works better and is more reliable out of DVD Studio instead of creating a burn folder and putting my Video/Audio files in there.
Of course, I've got to archive them, so I'll eventually have to use my old method. I'm thinking that using studio will work better. Any opinions?

You're actually making it more complicated than it needs to be - there's no need to open up the disc image file and drag the folders to a disc. All you need to do is use Disk Utility to burn the image file directly to a disc. This also ensures that the disc format is correct.
See the following article on how to burn a disc image with Disk Utility: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh1884.html
Toast is a third-party disc burning program. A lot of people (including myself) like it as it can do a lot more than Disk Utility can. However, for basic burning needs, Disk Utility or the Finder's burning capabilities will suffice.

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